Tag Archives: hate groups

The Daily Beast reports: Broadway star Ben Platt condemned “really disgusting” neo-Nazi protesters “spreading evil” who heckled theatergoers on Tuesday evening in line to see the first preview performance of the musical, Parade. The show, a Broadway transfer from the Encores! concert series, is based on the true story of a Jewish factory superintendent, Leo Frank, who was falsely convicted …

Law & Crime reports: Disgraced reality TV star Josh Duggar asked a federal appeals court to give him a new trial on charges of downloading and possessing child sexual abuse material on Thursday, according to federal court records. Duggar, 34, was arrested in April 2021 after a detective in Little Rock, Arkansas, noticed child pornography files connected to a computer …

The Virginia Mercury reports: A scaled-back proposal to repeal Virginia’s antiquated constitutional ban on same-sex marriage was blocked Friday by the Republican-controlled House of Delegates, despite supporters’ attempts to win bipartisan votes by stripping out any language overtly backing LGBTQ equality. Just prior to Friday’s vote in a House Rules subcommittee set up to hear proposals for constitutional amendments, a …

Yahoo News reports: Josh Duggar has been placed in solitary confinement for allegedly possessing a cell phone in prison, according to multiple reports. The disgraced 19 Kids and Counting alum, 34, was moved to the Special Housing Unit (SHU) at the Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) Seagoville in Texas, where he is currently serving a 12.5-year sentence on child pornography charges. …

Via press release from Christian Newswire: In today’s culture where people are bombarded with messages that encourage promiscuity, Liberty Counsel is encouraging Christians to take a public stand for purity. The 20th annual Day of Purity is a campaign that encourages followers of Jesus Christ to wear white on February 14 to publicly promote abstinence and inspire others to save …

Politico reports: Doctors and advocates are urging people to pre-order and stockpile abortion pills while they still can in the face of a looming court decision that could wipe out access to the drugs nationwide. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, could either strike down the FDA’s decades-old decision to approve mifepristone — the first of two pills …

The Associated Press reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence is stepping up his outreach in Iowa ahead of a possible 2024 presidential campaign by rallying conservatives against transgender-affirming policies in schools, like one adopted in an eastern Iowa district last year. The effort by Advancing American Freedom, a group formed by Pence in 2021 and financed by his supporters, will …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: One Million Moms is disgusted by the new Planet Fitness ads. The national fitness company has several vulgar commercials currently airing, such as “Look at my wieners now” and a couple of other “Low E” ads. Here are a few examples of the lewd commercials Planet Fitness finds appropriate to represent their …

Via email from the Family Research Council: Pope Francis told reporters on the Vatican plane that laws that make it illegal to engage in same-sex intercourse are a “sin” and an “injustice,” because homosexuality “isn’t a crime.” While his comments were strictly about anti-sodomy laws — such as the ones America had before the Supreme Court struck them down in …

“We’re not just talking about it. We have the plan. In fact, literally sitting on my desk is the draft of that plan. And I’ll be doing — reading through that today. And so, let me be really, really blunt. We will eliminate the Department of Education piece by piece, block by block. “It has to be part of the …

Lever News reports: The foundation behind a $20 million Super Bowl advertising campaign to promote “the Jesus of radical forgiveness, compassion, and love” has also bankrolled a conservative nonprofit leading efforts to roll back abortion rights and allow businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ+ customers. During the Super Bowl next weekend, viewers around the country will watch two Christianity-themed messages from …

The Montana Free Press reports: State lawmakers in the House of Representatives gave broad approval Monday to a bill that would allow medical providers, health care facilities and insurers to deny services based on “ethical, moral, or religious beliefs or principles,” signaling the bill’s likely advancement to the Senate this week. House Bill 303, sponsored by Rep. Amy Regier, R-Kalispell, …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Many churches today are being influenced by culture when it should be the other way around—the church should be influencing culture with the Word of God. There are denominations and many churches that have compromised on what God’s Word says about things such as homosexuality, marriage, and abortion. First Baptist Church of Jacksonville requires …

The Texas Tribune reports: Abortion rights advocates delivered a stark warning to the Biden administration’s top health official in a private meeting last week: It’s time to take seriously “fringe” threats that could wind up blocking abortion access across the country. Driving their anxiety is a Texas lawsuit brought by conservative groups seeking to revoke the decades-old government approval of …

The Iowa Capitol Dispatch reports: Gov. Kim Reynolds and Republican legislators speaking at a “parental rights” event Thursday pledged to pass legislation this session banning LGBTQ materials in schools and policies allowing students to socially transition without their parents’ consent. “School choice” supporters gathered at Franklin Junior High School in Des Moines Thursday evening for the town hall event, hosted …

Via email from hate group leader Brian Brown: Tragically, just as the last Congress was wrapping up its lame duck session before Christmas, fourteen Republican Senators betrayed the American people – especially the more than 50 million Americans who went to the polls to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman – by voting to pass …

Tampa’s NBC affiliate reports: A Tampa ordinance that barred counselors from providing voluntarily therapy to minors who sought to rid their same-sex attractions was ruled unconstitutional by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Thursday’s ruling drew heavily from Otto v. City of Boca Raton, in which the circuit court ruled that similar bans in Palm Beach County and the City …

Posted today to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Pastor Pawlowski has been attacked by the Canadian government because he dared to have a church service for the truckers at the border blockade (and earlier for his parishioners). He’s been fined and jailed. I can’t help but like this guy! He’s got guts to stand up for his rights! And I love …

“Father, you say in your word that unless the lord watches over the city, the watchmen stay awake in vain. Father, we are a nation without a rudder, adrift. “Father, we think we’re so smart. We’ve kick you out of schools. We’ve kicked prayer out, we’ve kicked the Ten Commandments. And we’ve replaced them with drug-sniffing dogs and armed police …

From the American Family Association: One glance at the news headlines on any given day reveals America is a troubled nation. Scripture makes clear the issue is not with God, but with His people. As Americans have turned to Him in prayer and repentance in critical junctures in the past, there is an urgency to do the same now. This …